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Posted on May 19, 2013

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Photography by Tony Ward, Copyright 2013

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Posted on May 16, 2013

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OJ on CNN

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Tony Ward

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……….Every time I see an image on television of OJ Simpson these days its almost surreal and in stark contrast to the images I recall of him during my youth. I distinctly remember how captivated I was when I was twelve years old watching his extraordinary talents on the grid iron unfold when he played college football at USC. I followed him through his glory days in the NFL and when he retired, as an announcer working the side lines on Monday Night Football, where I first saw an image of OJ with his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. How things have changed.

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Like most Americans in 1995, I was riveted to the news and press coverage of the “Trial of the Century”. And like most of us who watched the coverage intently – can recall where they were when the verdict was read on October 3, 1995. For me it is an easy date to remember. I was on assignment for GEORGE, a magazine about politics founded by J.F. Kennedy Jr. and published by Hachette Fillipacchi Media, based in New York. I was assigned to travel to Washington D.C. to photograph Dick Armey, the former Republican House Majority Leader who later became a Tea Party founder. Mr. Armey had a television turned on to the coverage in his stately office, in anticipation of the reading of the verdict in Simpson’s notorious murder trial. An inexorable link was formed as Mr. Armey and I were equally shocked by the verdict.

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Dick Armey: House Majority Leader, 1995

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The stakes are equally high for Simpson in this most recent court room appearance. He is now 65 years old and is currently serving a 35 year sentence on a robbery conviction, involving an incident that took place in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2007. The Shakespearean saga continues.

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Photography by Tony Ward, Copyright 2013

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Posted on May 13, 2013

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Jean Ward: Circa 1950′s

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Tony Ward

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…….On July 9th, 2013 Jean Ward, a mother of three children and three grandchildren will celebrate her 93 birthday. Happy Mother’s Day mom and to all the good mother’s in the world!

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Photography by Milt Ward, Copyright 2013

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Posted on May 9, 2013 by Mikel Elam

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Artwork by Mikel Elam, Copyright 2013

Photo: Gordon Stillman

Posted on May 8, 2013

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May 17 – July 5, 2013
Opening reception: Friday, May 17, 3:30-5:30

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Charles Addams Fine Art Gallery
Addams Hall
200 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Marie Alarcon
Christine Alix
Maegan Cadet
Dylan Hewitt
Elliot Johnston
Christina Kerns
Juliana Kulik
Sarah Meyohas
Mohammadreza Mirzaei
Theo Mullen
Larry Shprintz
Gordon Stillman
Ceaphas Stubbs
Alina Yakubova

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……….The Howard Silverstein and Patricia Bleznak Silverstein Photography Studio Aboard Program has offered young artists the invaluable opportunity to travel internationally and engage in short-term residencies since 2009. As cultural production is ever more influenced and informed by mobility, transnational practice and urban transformation, the city of Istanbul was an ideal destination for the 2013 traveling studio. While in Turkey, this talented group of young artists explored a wide range of vantage points; the fifteen selected participants represented in this exhibition reflect very diverse experiences of the city. These works examine the contradictions and significance of Istanbul’s history, contemporary culture and social climate. Collectively, they engage in an on-going dialogue about photography’s role in shaping and shifting our sense of place and identity within a global horizon.

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Portrait of Joe Tiberino by Syd Torchio

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Syd Torchio

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……….I have found that in whatever environment a person chooses to live, that environment eventually seeps into ones artwork. This seepage, whether one colludes in unconscious harmony with or in a conscious state of reaction, marks the artist and their work. That is why I think that the place one chooses to live is of up most importance. So when I moved to the Tiberino Museum, I felt I had hit the artist lottery.

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Joe Tiberino has created an environment in West Philadelphia, that doesn’t play by the same taboos as the immediate world surrounding his island of art. Since I already get an unhealthy dose of Political Correctness and Verklempt hypocritical values, most of the day, it is refreshing to enter back into his world. Of course his world on it’s own is troubling, however it is a healthy balance to the outside world.

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Joe Tiberino’s art doesn’t disguise it’s sexual lust. It doesn’t pretend that it wants to find a world that is at peace and harmony, he really does. It isn’t afraid to point a finger at the power corrupt. With all these agenda’s, his art doesn’t become didactic, mainly because he is aware that art has to get people into the big tent, or there will never be a show. Not that his work doesn’t have a certain fuck you, to it. Although that little grain of fuck-you is also a part of all the bright lights and cotton candy, that draws people in. Joe Tiberino is one of the great voices of his generation of artist. He has a keen mind, a saturnalia disposition and a hard working ethos.

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Portrait of Ellen Tiberino by Syd Torchio

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In summary, as an artist, who lives at the Tiberino Musem, that the seepage of influence has been very beneficial to my growth as an artist. Salute a Cent’anno, to you Joe.

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